Doo-wop
Music genre
Doo-wop is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit,... Wikipedia
Parent genre: Rhythm and blues
Cultural origins: 1940s–1950s, African American communities across some major cities on the East Coast
Derivative forms: Beach music; beat; Brill Building; pop rock; power pop; soul; vocal surf
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